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The Agenda: Alameda Point traffic plan, school facilities plans and more

The Agenda: Alameda Point traffic plan, school facilities plans and more

Michele Ellson

Monday, Mar 24, 2014

The Agenda

For the week of March 24, 2014

PLANNING BOARD

The Planning Board meets at 7 p.m. Monday, March 24 in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.

On the agenda: The board will consider approving street names and home colors for the Alameda Landing development and a revised design for a planned emergency operations center on Grand Street. The board will also review and comment on a draft plan to control traffic to and from future development at Alameda Point.

The Board of Education meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.

On the agenda: The board will receive updates on efforts to create a facilities master plan and on distribution of highly qualified teachers. Staff will also offer information about the new state funding formula, called the local control funding formula, and assumptions that will be used to allocate money to school sites. The board will also consider a request from member Barbara Kahn to change the board’s policy on physical education to make it the required second year of it an elective under certain circumstances.

The Public Art Commission meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 in conference room 360 on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.

On the agenda: The commission will consider approval of public art proposals for a new Walgreens at 1600 Park Street and the Alameda Landing shopping center, at the corner of Wilver “Willie” Stargell Avenue and Fifth Street.

The Transportation Commission meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 in council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.

On the agenda: The commission will receive an update on planned improvements at the I-880/29th Avenue/23rd Avenue interchange in Oakland, consider approval of a pedestrian safety project on Park Street and a mid-block crossing on Grand Street near Wood Middle School and receive a report on a parking meter study for the Park Street and Webster Street business districts.

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